Line switching system for simultaneously transmitting telegraph messages to multiple addresses



1967 D. A. NONNEMACHER 3,

LINE SWITCHING SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY TRANSMITTING TELEGRAPH MESSAGES TO MULTIPLE ADDRESSES Flled July 15, 1963 21 Sheets-Sheet 1 PRIVATE LINE NETWORK"X" PRIVATE LINE NETWORK "Y" INTERCHANGE INTERCHANGE INTERCHANGE INTERCHANGE TO N FROM TO FROM NETWORK NETWORK NETWORK NETWORK ORIGINATING STATION TERMINATING STATION TERMINATING STATION I TRANSLATOR i 1 AND I I MISCELLANEOUS REGENERATOR l TERMINATING I STATON INTERCEPT FIG. I

INVENTOR DALE A. NONNEMACHER MML ATTORNEY Jan. 24, 1967 D. A. NONNEMACHER 3,300,579

LINE SWITCHING SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY TRANSMITTING TELEGRAPH MESSAGES TO MULTIPLE ADDRESSES Filed July 15, 1963 21 Sheets-Sheet 2 .1 o o z 000 o o o o "I 0o 0 0 OO L Ill 00 L O 0 00 Ill I 1 O0 0 III Q Q o 0 III 00 (D00 00 O Q m 000000 r-ooooo 0 E mo o oo o 5:: V 9

r 00 o o gi mm moooo o o g3 02 70 00 O 0 0o W 0 OOO0O o 0 ooo o 0 -oooo OOo In 0 O o o o Q o o O O 0 00 0 Q o 00 o o oo 0 00 w o oo 0 to 00 O O 000000 -ooo o o o m 0 mo 0 o o N O (Q00 00 O O n O 0 (no 000 o z 00 0 0 000 o g 000 OO 0: o oo o 9 Nooo o o 2 000 ooo o o o 010000 0 o "I O0 FIG. 2

Jan. 24, 1967 D. A. NONNEMACHER 3,300,579

LINE SWITCHING SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY TRANSMITTING TELEGRAPH MESSAGES TO MULTIPLE ADDRESSES Filed July 15, 1963 1 Sheets-Sheet 4 -48m R6A Q "l2 ITRANSMITTERII I READER C% .s%2$s l R6 MD I47 M l F|G.ll i D 89 I 6 Dl2 E R0 MDI46 1 M 3 4--o--- F|G.|I I

I O I I I: D|3 I N b I 1 l MD I88 R7 FIG. u I I 7 g um I FIG. 4 i LUR RECOGNITION 1 I RELAY CIRCUIT i 1 MDI87 R7 RBA FIG u I h n a L. J TRR L- INSS 2 ARC-3 R88 ALL 2l-25 T f s ---/VW RBA RBX FIG. 5

RECOGNITION RELAY CIRCUIT ALARM 1967 D. A. NONNEMACHER 3,

LINE SWITCHING SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY TRANSMITTING TELEGRAPH MESSAGES TO MULTIPLE ADDRESSES V Flled July lS, 1963 21 Sheets-Sheet 5 FIG. 6 RUN OUT MAGNET CiRCUlT ROM I -48v. Fl TKIO TOR P7R --c l V e. s

FIG. 7 TAPE CLAMP CIRCUIT TRANSMITTER SWITCH TH a9 PFR TOR Flee A x 3 I TKlI TCR TTR P7R FIG. 8 STOP RUN SWITCH CIRCUIT SRR Jan. 24, 1967 D. A. NONNEMACHER 3,300,579 LINE SWITCHING SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY TRANSMITTING TELEGRAPH MESSAGES TO MULTIPLE ADDRESSES Filed July 15, 1963 2.1 Sheets-Sheet 8 1: v R 0 O |l1||i||||||1||l 2 TT G UC EB mm i% 1 X2 X3 X4 X5 N m C f 6f SOl|||li |||-|l|||l||||| 1 S. O 9 8 7 O V C WC 2 2 c o R D R C 0 m .Olv C a R 2 L 5RERQRQRH A MZ 1M S S S S S S B 5 l l- L L L IL C I 1 5 C l H I... 4 R X 3 h 7 H m 1 C .hinlv l R X .7 0 Tune 1 'l R VA C T: R ill! T {4IIC II4 \I a v w .l 9 2 3 4 9 5 In R R R R R R m N N N N N N M 3 3 K nl T m. w m an mww 4 :6 T 4 R s w z m mvn R R 4 F L 3 u L s \l L O T 9 m S \|||l||| i lil l G 3 R l EC F m A 0 X X2 X3 X *5 F 6 AT EN H D RD I! llllll l|l .llll M C CONTACT CIRCUIT Jan. 24, 1967 D. A. NONNEMACHER 3,300,579

LINE SWITCHING SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY TRANSMITTING TELEGRAPH MESSAGES TO MULTIPLE ADDRESSES Flled July 15, 1965 21 Sheets-Sheet 9 x INT 954 n 56 mmmm $5 a? N 7 @DJ m3 m5 M Q9. 8 9. |h| 023m wzj 92 6528 3 5:952 530 mm 7; mm; b m. @E 80 w mm: x 2 u b m5. m m E0 3a 43 mg 0 x: x 53%. w o N: m. mm m8 mam $5 @223 om mmmom N. w. J #2. mm: NEE w" r x F6 42 or mm 27: ms; x88 8 9. M 3E mm: in N 1 x w m- NEE 34m o5 J m 34 OZ 34 o. l o m @E mm? m; .58 n62 mmzJ -92 $5 .65 m9:

D.- A. NONNEMACHER 3,300,579

NEOUSLY TRANSMITTING Jan. 24, 1967 LINE SWITCHING SYSTEM FOR SIMULTA TELEGRAPH MESSAGES TO MULTIPLE ADDRESSES 2L Sheets-Sheet ,Filed July 1963 REC -'vvvv\ --|v TL27 FIG. 26 TORECEIVE- l FIG 33 D 1 LINE I A38 5 i 1 l i i T055 A R TOHR AER I -4av. TQRA "l2 A46 8T0 QDETEcToR PULSE W :0 LEAD FIG. TK 35 DETECTOR DISABLE LEAD HE2 4 P3R TOHR CFR T 5 2 n R CFR FIG.33{ 5 A TIMER LUR A32 DISABLE Y "L" KEY y; PBRA Fleas CAR TOHA PO 6R AB R "l2 '7 '9 CFR CAR RES. M

' SRR 8 CAX K3 X3 CAX I FIG. l4

ANSWER BACK TOH i CONFlRMATION a 4 2 V I0 cmcun' ASSURANCE 2. Sheets-Sheet 11 D. A. NONNEMACHER LINE SWITCHING SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY TRANSMITTING TELEGRAPH MESSAGES TO MULTIPLE ADDRESSES Jan. 24, 1967 Filed July 15, 1965 FIG; 35 4 A20 LFR 3: FIG. l5 l I T SENDING LINE ClRCUIT TTS TTR FIG. l6 TIGHT TAPE CIRCUIT ITRB CFR UNMR onx STC UNM '9 "l2 '3 u H -48v.

' UNMR FIG. I?

UPPER NOTCHER CIRCUIT PNR P 7R 6 l2 TOHR M P885 P888 M92 FIG. 9

" TTR PBRB PBHA A43 FIG. 34 fi PBFIA 4 2. P67R UDR a D44 PNR PO6R UQR P6|7R F 2 2 I5 6 l FIG. l8

PULL BACK 9. PULL FORWARD RELAY CIRCUIT Jan. 24, 1967 D. A. NONNEMACHER 3,300,

LINE SWITCHING SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY TRANSMITTING TELEGRAPH MESSAGES TO MULTIPLE ADDRESSES Filed July 15, 1965 21 Sheets-Sheet 12 ALL I 4 PBRA PBM x -48v I F|G 26 FIG. I9

TRANSMITTER SWITCH CIRCUIT "0" MD ZOI C PO68R POTRI UDR FIG. I2 X g X I 7 I i l I T UDR TTR FIG. 25 A2 5 FIG. 20 UNSENT DDD NUMBER MEMORY CIRCUIT T L c o KEY STC I 2 T 48v. TH l2 POSRZ STC FIG. 25 4 0* :7

FIG. 2I

TROUBLE CIRCUIT D. A. NONNEMACHER Jan. 24, 1967 3,300,579

- LINE SWITCHING SYSTEM FOR SIMuLTANEousLY TRANSMITTING TELEGRAPH MESSAGES TO MULTIPLE ADDRESSES Filed July 15, 1963 2,1 Sheets-Sheet 14 PSR MER

TOHA

POGR

TCR

MER

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MBR

PBRB

CR-LF MBR PRINTER SELECTOR MAGNETS MLR ABR

MBR MER CFR REC. SIG. E EJIS FIG. 23

MONITORING CIRCUIT Jan.

D. A. NONNEMACHER LINE SWITCHING SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY TRANSMITTING TELEGRAPH MESSAGES TO MULTIPLE ADDRESSES Flled July 15, 1963 21 Sheets-Sheet 15 VRI v 'T 25mm. |20v.

2.2MEG.

R2 O.|MEG. R3 B IOMEG. 7

0| STC ABR 4.28MF 2 l0 4P TIMER DISABLE TOHA 2 L KEY R4 1 W F|s.34 TORA CFR x FIG.3 R5 33K L- ITRA ONVHR TUBA 9 SIALA "2 TORB T 8 I H R S R6 TAPE OUT TORB" 3.3K

sw. ON TD V TOTR CAXv) FIG. 24

" TIMER RELAY LINEI OAXV(2) CIRCUIT LINE 2 F CAX X?) --48 v. l TORA 6 P16. 25

T XIO ALARM LAMP a BUZZER DIALING K TOTR FAILURE X I 2 TORN 5 CAR TAPE 6 GONNECTIOW BUZZER T058 LOST MESSAGE @5 A00 TCPR INTERRUPT I TAPE \ALR CHECK NTERCEPT FIG. 2: FIG.I0 FIG. 20 RES m2 SALAL SAILB NOT REACHED Jan. 24, 1967 D. A. NONNEMACHER 3,300,579

LINE SWITCHING SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY TRANSMITTING TELEGRAPH MESSAGES TO MULTIPLE ADDRESSES Filed y 15, 1963 y El Sheets-Sheet 18 FIG. 26 AUDIBLE ALARM CONTROL 6 A ER SALE SYSTEM RESET cmcw'r TE9 v ,10

FlG.l3 A

. RES SALB 2 ACO)! sALa FIG. l4 I Ql3 q RESET RES KEY D42 TOTR SRR SALB SALA I l l l 11.27 N '7 '9 4' '3 REE TOHA V L- 3 RESET KEY TORA ABR P07Rl N.L.

x l 6 4- H v EEG A33 H634 IDSR PSR 0mm 5 4 MDII4 3 SA|LA 1 FIG. 3 TQRB L "l2 CAR FIGCIQ 8 TCfR FIG. 27 PRINTER CONTACTS 0 2. l3 7 l4 K) H 4 5 9 8 LE OUT PRINTER STUNT BOX PRINTER CONTACT STUQT FIG. 28

|2ov ALARM M AUDIBLE ALARM UPPER CIRCUIT CASE "0 1967 D. A. NONNEMACHER 3,300,579

LINE SWITCHING SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY TRANSMITTING TELEGRAPH MESSAGES TO MULTIPLE ADDRESSES Filed July 15, 1963 2,1 Sheets-$heet 18 Jan. 24, 1967 D. A. NONNEMACHER LINE SWITCHING SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY TRANSMITTING TELEGRAPH MESSAGES TO MULTIPLE ADDRESSES Filed July 15, 1963 21 Sheets-Sheet l9 

1. IN A PRINTING TELEGRAPH LINE SWITCHING MESSAGE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM OPERABLE UNDER CONTROL OF A CODE STORAGE MEDIUM CONTAINING STORED DATA REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ADDRESSES OF STATIONS ON THE SYSTEM TO WHICH A MESSAGE IS TO BE SENT AND ALSO CONTAINING STORED DATA REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MESSAGE TO BE TRANSMITTED TO SAID STATIONS, (A) A PLURALITY OF SUBSCRIBERS SETS EACH HAVING A SINGLE LINE ACCESS TO A LINE SWITCHING NETWORK, (B) MEANS FOR RENDERING SAID SETS OPERATIVE IN A PREDETERMINED SEQUENCE, (C) MEANS CONTROLLED BY SAID STORAGE MEDIUM FOR ATTEMPTING TO COMPLETE CONNECTIONS IN SAID SEQUENCE THROUGH SAID SETS TO SEPARATE STATIONS THE ADDRESSES OF WHICH ARE STORED IN SAID MEDIUM, AND (D) MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY TRANSMITTING THE MESSAGE STORED IN SAID MEDIUM TO THOSE STATIONS TO WHICH CONNECTIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. 